Summary:
Guwahati, Oct 16 (PTI) A special court here on Saturday remanded to judicial custody the suspended Assam Deputy Inspector General of Polic Rounak Ali Hazarika, who was arrested on allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The special court remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.
Hazarika will be lodged at Guwahati central jail and the CM’s special vigilance cell, which had arrested him on October 5, has been allowed to interrogate him.
The vigilance cell superintendent of police Rosy Kalita said the special court rejected the cell"s plea for further custody of Hazarika and sent him to judicial custody, while allowing the vigilance sleuths to continue questioning in jail.
“We hardly got three days to question him while in custody.
As for the rest of the period he was hospitalised after complaining of feeling sick,” she said.